The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-01
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Serving fineapples.-A good way to serve
pineapple, especially when a little tough,
as is apt 10 be the case with this fruit at
the North, is to cut it into dice, saturate
these with sugar and a little wine II de-
sired, and pile them up IN a & lass dIsh,
with row OF sponge cake slices or lady
fingers around the sides.
Lemon Cure for Hoarseness Hot LEM
onade, taken just before retiring, is a we'll
known remedy for e cold in its first stages.
Everybody, however, is not familiar with
the lemon cure for an acute attack of
hoarseness. For this purpose, first roast
lemon in the oven, turning it now and
then, that ali sides may be equally cooked.
1t should not crack or burst, but be soft
all through. While the lemon is still very
hot cut piece from the top, fill with as
much sugar as it will hold, and eat on 60
ing to bed.
Okra Gumbo mississippi style).-Pat in
to china-lined kettle one tablespoonful of
flour and one Of lard, with an onion sliced;
add large, fat chicken, cut into pieces;
stir and allow the whole to fry for five or
ten minutes; cover with gallon of water,
which boil three hours. Add one peck of
okrs, cut into small round pieces, and boil
two hours. Season with salt and cayenne
pepper and serve in Soup plates, with rice
boiled and steamed very dry.
Vienna Coffee.-Take equal parts of
Mocha and Java ground together; allow
one spoonful to each person; mix the
white of an egg with the grounds; pour on
half the boiling water; let the coffee froth /;
then keep hot, but not boiling, for fifteen
minutes, and add the rest of the boiling
water, To one cup of thick cream add the
frothed white of an egg. Put 10 cups with
the sugar and pour IN the coffee.
Lemon Sauce.-Grate the yellow rind and
squeeze the Juice of one lemon; mix to.
getber, over the fire, one ounce each Of
butter and sugar, until they bubble; stir
in a half pint OF boiling water, one ounce
of sugar, the rind and Juice of the lemon,
| and serve In sauce-boat with the dump
| lings. Do not let the sauce boil after add
| ing the lemon, or it viii be bitter.
Tongue Toast.-Take a cold smoked
| tongue that has been we'll boiled; mince il
| fine, mix it with cream and beaten yelk Of
sn egg, and give it q simmer over the FIRE
| Having grated, cut off the crusts, toast
very nicely some slices of bread, and then
butter them very slightly. Lay them in q
! fiat dish that has been heated before the
| fire, and cover each slice of toast thickly
with the tongue mixture, spread on hot.
This is nice breakfast or supper dish.
Sash Curtains.-LittIe sash curtains O.
muslin, silk, or any transparent stuff make
a charming and useful addition to othel
draperies. Rose-colored or red silk will
give rosy tint, suggestive of sunset, II
the room, and yellow will create an illu
| sion of sunshine, be the day never 81
| gloomy. Green or blue may be employed
to tone down too fierce light.
Duty of a Sick Nurse.-Anxiety abou
| the patient, the confinement and the ia
tigue Of the sick room, all combine t
rob a nurse of appetite. Still, as mat
ter Of duty, the nurse should take light
| nourlshing food, at stated intervals, an(
never go near a sick per son while feelini
exhausted. Always take something befor
entering the sick room. after absence 70
rest or exercise. This is most importan
to both nurses and visitors OF the sick, es
pecially in infectious cases, and materially
diminishes the chances of infection.
Sleep a Preventive of Disesse.-Peopl
have very generally learned the lesson tina
natural sleep is the best medicine of tn
sick. A scientific writer now calls atten
ton to its power as preventive of dis
ease. He remarks, as an instance, tina
sleep, taken at the right moment, will pre-
vent an attack of nervous headache. If tn
subjects of such headaches will watch it
coming they will find that it begins with
feeling Of WEAKNESS or heaviaess. This
the time the sleep of an hour or even two
as nature guides, will effectuslly proven
the headache. II not taken Just then
will be too late. After the attack is fairl,
under way, it may be impossible to get t
sleep till far into the night.